2012 International GTSprint Series

The 2012 International GTSprint Series season was the third year of the International GTSprint Series. The season began at Monza on 1 April and finished at Pergusa on 28 October. Andrea Palma won the championship, driving a Ferrari.

2012 International GTSprint Series

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Teams and drivers

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds
Kessel Racing	Ferrari F430	2	Lorenzo Bontempelli	GTS2	2
	Ferrari 458	36	Ivan Capelli	GTS3	3
	Ferrari F430	51	Gianfranco Bocellari	Cup	All
			Roberto Delli Guanti		All
		52	Roberto Sorti	Cup	1-2
			Moreno Petrini		1-2
Autorlando Motorsport	Porsche 997	12	Glauco Solieri	GTS2	All
Black Team	Ferrari F430	15	Raffaele Giammaria	GTS2	1-2
			Simone Pellegrinelli		1-5
			Francesca Linossi		3-6
			Luciano Linossi		6
			Ciccio La Mazza		7
		25	Massimiliano Mugelli	GTS2	5
	Ferrari 458	27	Andrea Palma	GTS2	All
Ombra Racing	Ferrari 458	30	Mario Cordoni	GTS3	2-7
AF Corse	Ferrari 458	31	François Perrodo	GTS3	5
Antonelli Motorsport	Porsche 997	32	Angelo Proietti	GTS3	6
			Mario La Barbera		7
			Giosuè Rizzuto		7
		53	Steven Goldstein	Cup	3
			Christian Passuti		3
		54	Alberto Brambati	Cup	2
			Marco Magli		2
			Alessandro Baccani		3
			Paolo Venerosi		3
			Vincenzo Donativi		6
		55	Omar Galbiati	Cup	1-3
		56	Niccolò Granzotto	Cup	2
			Alberto Brambati		3
			Pietro Negra		3
			Domenico Guagliardo		7
			Giuseppe Trinca		7
RC Motorsport	Corvette Z06	34	Roberto Benedetti	GTS3	All
			Roberto Del Castello		All
Audi Sport Italia	Audi R8	35	Davide di Benedetto	GTS3	7
			Michele Merendino		7
Blue Jumeirah Team	Mosler MT900R	38	Rafael Unzurrunzaga	GTS3	4
Swiss Team	Maserati GT		Gabriele Gardel	GTS3	6
			Alessandro Pier Guidi		6
GDL Racing	Porsche 997	41	Steven Goldstein	Cup	4-5
			Giacomo Piccini		4-5
		58	Vittorio Bagnasco	Cup	6-7
		91	Ennio Ricci	Open	2-5
			Angelo Schiatti		2-5
LMS Racing	Dodge Viper	42	Antti Buri	Open	5
Malucelli Motorsport	Ferrari F430	57	Marco Galassi	Cup	1-6
Happy Racer	Porsche 997	58	Vittorio Bagnasco	Cup	1-5
		90	Oleksandr Gaidai	Open	1
Mik Corse	Lamborghini Gallardo	61	Steven Goldstein	Cup	1-2
			Felipe Merjech		1-2
Scuderia La.Na.	Ferrari F430	63	Gianmaria Gabbiani	Cup	2-3
			Gianluca Nattoni		2
			Marco Bassetto		3
			Giovanni Cassibba		7
			Mauro Trentin		7
	Hyundai Genesis	93	Gianmaria Gabbiani	Open	7
			Gianluca Nattoni		7
M Racing	Porsche 997	65	Emanuele Romani	Cup	6-7
			Steven Goldstein		7
Rallysport	Lamborghini Gallardo	68	Ferdinando Serafino	Cup	3
			Steven Goldstein		6
			Raffaele Giammaria		6
Ebimotors	Porsche 997	69	Erika Monforte	Cup	3
			Simone Monforte		3
		70	Roberto Silva	Cup	1-2, 6
			Gianluigi Piccioli		3
Scuderia Baldini 27 Network	Ferrari F430	72	Alessandro Bernasconi	Cup	1-4
			Lorenzo Casè		1-3, 6
			Matteo Malucelli		6
		82	Massimiliano Bianchi	Cup	1-3
			Nello Nataloni		1-2
Fortuna Racing	Porsche 997	81	Sébastien Fortuna	Cup	1
N-Racing	BMW M3 E92	92	Piero Necchi	Open	1-2
AR Motorsport	BMW M3 E92	94	Andrea Bacci	Open	2
Renauer Motorsport	Ginetta G50	97	Florian Renauer	Open	7
Scuderia Giudici	Lotus Evora	99	Gianni Giudici	Open	1

Calendar and results

The Pergusa round was to be held in Portimão on 16 September, but it was canceled on 30 June.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	1 April	Raffaele Giammaria	Raffaele Giammaria	Raffaele Giammaria	Black Team
	R2			Simone Pellegrinelli	Glauco Solieri	Andrea Palma	Black Team
2	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	22 April	Raffaele Giammaria	Andrea Palma	Andrea Palma	Black Team
	R2			Simone Pellegrinelli	Andrea Palma	Andrea Palma	Black Team
3	R1	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, Scarperia	3 June	Andrea Palma	Andrea Palma	Andrea Palma	Black Team
	R2				Andrea Palma	Andrea Palma	Black Team
4	R1	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	1 July	Andrea Palma	Andrea Palma	Andrea Palma	Black Team
	R2				Andrea Palma	Andrea Palma	Black Team
5	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps	15 July	Andrea Palma	Andrea Palma	Andrea Palma	Black Team
	R2				Andrea Palma	Mario Cordoni	Ombra Racing
6	R1	ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano	7 October	Andrea Palma	Alessandro Pier Guidi	Alessandro Pier Guidi	Swiss Team
	R2				Andrea Palma	Andrea Palma	Black Team
7	R1	Autodromo di Pergusa, Enna	28 October	Roberto Del Castello	Davide di Benedetto	Davide di Benedetto	Audi Sport Italia
	R2			Roberto Benedetti	Roberto Benedetti	Roberto Benedetti	RC Motorsport

Championship Standings

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver MON IMO MUG HUN SPA VAL PER  Pts  International GTSprint Series 1 Andrea Palma 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 Ret DNS 251 2 Mario Cordoni 2 4 6 5 2 2 3 1 5 12† 2 8† 157 3 Glauco Solieri 3 2 4 3 5 4 3 4 DNS DNS 6 DNS 3 2 134 4 Roberto Benedetti Ret DNS 5 Ret 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 Ret 11† 1 128 Roberto Del Castello Ret DNS 5 Ret 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 Ret 11† 1 5 Simone Pellegrinelli 1 3 Ret DNS 4 17† 6 5 11 8 90 6 Francesca Linossi 4 17† 6 5 11 8 Ret 7 64 7 Raffaele Giammaria 1 3 Ret DNS 38 8 Davide di Benedetto 1 3 35 Michele Merendino 1 3 9 Ivan Capelli 2 2 32 10 Gabriele Gardel 1 13† 29 Alessandro Pier Guidi 1 13† 11 Lorenzo Bontempelli 3 2 29 12 Angelo Proietti 4 2 27 13 François Perrodo 7 6 20 14 Marco Zanuttini 7 4 18 15 Mario La Barbera 4 Ret 12 Giosuè Rizzuto 4 Ret 16 Massimiliano Mugelli 5 Ret 12 17 Luciano Linossi Ret 7 12 18 Ciccio La Mazza Ret 9† 10 19 Rafael Unzurrunzaga 9 DNS 7 International GTSCup Trophy 1 Steven Goldstein 5 8 16 14 8 8 5 7 8 5 8 10 9 Ret 185 2 Gianfranco Bocellari 13† 5 13 12 12 11 7 6 7 6 Ret Ret 6 4 182 Roberto Delli Guanti 13† 5 13 12 12 11 7 6 7 6 Ret Ret 6 4 3 Vittorio Bagnasco 10 10 11 7 10 7 11 8 9 Ret 12 9 8 7 157 4 Lorenzo Casè 6 15† 8 16 7 Ret 9 3 101 5 Marco Galassi 11 12 17 17 17† 12 10 10† Ret Ret 11 6 80 6 Giacomo Piccini 5 7 8 5 74 7 Roberto Silva 9 7 15 6 14 8 66 8 Alessandro Bernasconi 6 15† 8 16 7 Ret Ret DNS 65 9 Felipe Merjech 5 8 16 14 42 10 Matteo Malucelli 9 3 37 11 Domenico Guagliardo 5 5 37 Giuseppe Trinca 5 5 12 Christian Passuti 8 8 32 13 Omar Galbiati 7 6 (12) (11) (11) (18†) 29 14 Niccolò Granzotto 10 8 29 15 Raffaele Giammaria 8 10 28 16 Emanuele Romani 10 11 9 Ret 27 17 Gianmaria Gabbiani 14 9 19† 16 27 18 Vincenzo Donativi 13 5 23 19 Massimiliano Bianchi Ret 13 20 15 16† 14 22 20 Sébastien Fortuna 8 9 20 21 Gianluca Nattoni 14 9 20 22 Moreno Petrini Ret 11 19 13 18 Roberto Sorti Ret 11 19 13 23 Gianluigi Piccioli 15 13 16 24 Giovanni Cassibba 7 Ret 14 Mauro Trentin 7 Ret 25 Erika Monforte 14 15 18 Simone Monforte 14 15 26 Nello Nataloni Ret 13 20 15 10 27 Marco Bassetto 19† 16 7 28 Ferdinando Serafino Ret 19† 4 Guest drivers inelegible for points Alberto Brambati 9 Ret 9 10 0 Pietro Negra 9 10 0 Alessandro Baccani 18† 9 0 Paolo Venerosi 18† 9 Marco Magli 9 Ret 0 GTSOpen Trophy 1 Ennio Ricci 18 10 13 6 8 9 10 9 145 Angelo Schiatti 18 10 13 6 8 9 10 9 2 Antti Buri 2 2 42 3 Oleksandr Gaidai 4 4 42 4 Florian Renauer 10 6 42 5 Piero Necchi DNS DNS 7 6 37 6 Gianni Giudici 12 14 32 7 Andrea Bacci 6 Ret 22 8 Gianmaria Gabbiani Ret DNS 1 Gianluca Nattoni Ret DNS Pos Driver MON IMO MUG HUN SPA VAL PER  Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

† - Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 50% of the race distance.

Teams' championship

Pos	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	Black Team	Ferrari	369
2	Ombra Racing	Ferrari	157
3	Autorlando Motorsport	Porsche	134
4	RC Motorsport	Corvette	133
5	Kessel Racing	Ferrari	79
6	Antonelli Motorsport	Porsche	38
7	Audi Sport Italia	Audi	35
8	Swiss Team	Maserati	29
9	AF Corse	Ferrari	20
10	Blue Jumeirah Team	Mosler	7

GTS2 Class

Pos	Driver	Manufacturer	Points
1	Andrea Palma	Ferrari	261
2	Glauco Solieri	Porsche	175
3	Simone Pellegrinelli	Ferrari	122
4	Francesca Linossi	Ferrari	101
5	Raffaele Giammaria	Ferrari	38
6	Lorenzo Bontempelli	Ferrari	32
7	Ciccio La Mazza	Ferrari	17
8	Luciano Linossi	Ferrari	17
9	Massimiliano Mugelli	Ferrari	17

GTS3 Class

Pos	Driver	Manufacturer	Points
1	Mario Cordoni	Ferrari	192
2	Roberto Benedetti	Corvette	143
	Roberto Del Castello
3	Ivan Capelli	Ferrari	42
4	Davide di Benedetto	Audi	38
	Michele Merendino
5	Angelo Proietti	Porsche	34
6	Gabriele Gardel	Maserati	33
	Alessandro Pier Guidi
7	François Perrodo	Ferrari	26
8	Marco Zanuttini	Ferrari	25
9	Mario La Barbera	Ferrari	14
	Giosuè Rizzuto
10	Rafael Unzurrunzaga	Mosler	13

External links

• Official Superstars website